@@ -39,6 +39,25 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._lock = threading.Lock()
         self._preload_modules = ['__main__']
 
+    def _stop(self):
+        # Method used by unit tests to stop the server
+        with self._lock:
+            self._stop_unlocked()
+
+    def _stop_unlocked(self):
+        if self._forkserver_pid is None:
+            return
+
+        # close the "alive" file descriptor asks the server to stop
+        os.close(self._forkserver_alive_fd)
+        self._forkserver_alive_fd = None
+
+        os.waitpid(self._forkserver_pid, 0)
+        self._forkserver_pid = None
+
+        os.unlink(self._forkserver_address)
+        self._forkserver_address = None
+
     def set_forkserver_preload(self, modules_names):
         '''Set list of module names to try to load in forkserver process.'''
         if not all(type(mod) is str for mod in self._preload_modules):
 
@@ -5650,7 +5650,13 @@ def tearDownModule():
         # Sleep 500 ms to give time to child processes to complete.
         if need_sleep:
             time.sleep(0.5)
+
         multiprocessing.process._cleanup()
+
+        # Stop the ForkServer process if it's running
+        from multiprocessing import forkserver
+        forkserver._forkserver._stop()
+
         # bpo-37421: Explicitly call _run_finalizers() to remove immediately
         # temporary directories created by multiprocessing.util.get_temp_dir().
         multiprocessing.util._run_finalizers()
 
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+multiprocessing tests now stop the ForkServer instance if it's running: close
+the "alive" file descriptor to ask the server to stop and then remove its UNIX
+address.
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`@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@`
	`1`	`+multiprocessing tests now stop the ForkServer instance if it's running: close`
	`2`	`+the "alive" file descriptor to ask the server to stop and then remove its UNIX`
	`3`	`+address.`